During the first service held since the typhoon, Reverend Father Edward S. Rivera of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary church delivered a sermon at a construction site on the need for community during crisis, Sunday.

During the first service held since the typhoon, Reverend Father Edward S. Rivera of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary church delivered a sermon at a construction site on the need for community during crisis, Sunday.

A couple carrying their sick child walk to a Philippine Red Cross service center in Tacloban on Friday. The death toll from a powerful typhoon doubled overnight in one Philippine city alone, reaching 4,000, as helicopters from a U.S. aircraft carrier and other naval ships began flying food, water and medical teams to ravaged regions.

A couple carrying their sick child walk to a Philippine Red Cross service center in Tacloban on Friday. The death toll from a powerful typhoon doubled overnight in one Philippine city alone, reaching 4,000, as helicopters from a U.S. aircraft carrier and other naval ships began flying food, water and medical teams to ravaged regions.

Rescue workers loaded provisions at the Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday. Israel has sent a delegation to provide search, rescue, and medical services in the Typhoon-struck city of Tacloban.

Rescue workers loaded provisions at the Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday. Israel has sent a delegation to provide search, rescue, and medical services in the Typhoon-struck city of Tacloban.

A boy carried bottled water among damaged houses where a ship was washed ashore in Tacloban city, Philippines. The Philippine National Red Cross said Sunday that the death toll from supertyphoon Haiyan could run into the thousands.

A boy carried bottled water among damaged houses where a ship was washed ashore in Tacloban city, Philippines. The Philippine National Red Cross said Sunday that the death toll from supertyphoon Haiyan could run into the thousands.